PHOTO: USC protects its statues during rivalry week

USC students are going the extra mile to protect campus statues from UCLA - their cross-town rivals - ahead of their matchup Saturday.

Several statues on the Trojans' campus were covered head-to-toe in duct tape to prevent Bruins pranksters from defacing them:

Across town, the UCLA Bruin Bear wasn't lucky enough to escape early rivalry week shenanigans.